Grouping & Identifying Living Things Classification Grouping & Identifying Living Things This Powerpoint is hosted on www.worldofteaching.com Please visit for 100’s more free powerpoints

Modern Classification Think of three examples where we group things. Why do we group these things?

Why classify? Developed by Carolus Linneaus Made up of 7 categories Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

What do they have in common As we move down the classification hierarchy (from the kingdom to the species) members become more and more similar. The number of species slowly decrease until there is just one.

Species A distinct organism whose characteristics remain constant from year-to-year.

Classifying Living Things We put livings things into two large groups: Animals Plants

Animals Animals are spilt into two major groups: Vertebrates Invertebrates

Vertebrates These are animals with a backbone. There are five groups of vertebrates: Amphibians Birds Fish Mammals Reptiles

Amphibians Have moist skin Lay jelly coated eggs in water Lives on land and water

Birds Have feathers and hollow bones Lay hard shelled eggs Warm blooded

Fish Have wet scales Lays eggs in water Lives in water

Mammals Have hair and produce milk Give birth to live offspring (no eggs) Warm blooded

Reptiles Have dry scales Lay leathery shelled eggs Cold blooded

Summary of Vertebrates

Invertebrates These are animals without a backbone There are eight groups of invertebrates Molluscs Flatworms Annelids Roundworms Sponges Echinoderms Cnidarians Arthropods

Molluscs Crawl on a single fleshy pad. Can have a shell

Flatworms Have flat worm like bodies

Annelids Have round worm like bodies Have bodies divided into segments

Roundworms Have long thin round worm like bodies Have bodies with no segments

Sponges Have bodies made of loosely joined cells

Echinoderms Have bodies divided into five parts Have spiny outer covering

Cnidarians Have thin sack like bodies Have tentacles

Arthropods Have lots of legs and segmented bodies. There are four group of arthropods: Arachnids Centipedes & Millipedes Crustaceans Insects

Arthropods - Arachnid Have four pairs of legs. Have bodies divided into two sections

Arthropods – Centipedes & Millipedes Have long thin bodies and pairs of legs on each of their many body sections

Arthropods - Crustacean Have five-seven pairs of legs First pair often used as pincers Bodies covered in shell

Arthropods - Insects Have three pairs of legs Bodies divided into three sections Often have wings